This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 26, 2023

If there’s one thing that everyone can agree on with regards to the future of TikTok in the United States, it is that congressional leaders have embarrassed themselves during the questioning of TikTok’s US CEO as the government considers whether or not to ban the popular app. From questions like, “Does TikTok access my home wifi network?”

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Hunter Walker

DECEMBER 21, 2016

But Jen has been one of the leaders over this past decade of finding ways to marry technology and government. Donate , come work at Code for America , work in government , or join your local Code for America Brigade ! Back then, very few people in the consumer technology world thought about working for or in government.

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Up and Running

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

There is an enormous difference, for example, between a high-growth internet-related company looking for second-round venture funding and a local retail store looking to finance a second location. If you are looking for names and addresses of venture capitalists , start with the internet. If you do, then you can never get out.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 4, 2021

What is the role of public and private organizations in governing our shared civic fabric? Why don't we just put this plan on the internet? I think it was December of 2010, and happened to just be reading that paper on the internet one day and just immediately captivated my attention. This is Out Of the Crisis. I'm curious.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

However, if you’re going to start a company and be an entrepreneur, you need to network and you have to hustle. We agree that one of the best ways of contacting an angel is contacting a company that they’ve invested in, ask for advice, network, and eventually get a meeting with the investor. What do you look for in a team? (0:34:00).

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

And then, once that curve is low enough, governments can dance, testing and tracking cases until the virus is eradicated or we develop a working vaccine. They didn't have experience buying bulk from the government things like masks or ventilators." Had we been able to apply this strategy simultaneously nationwide, the U.S.

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VC Cafe

APRIL 7, 2011

Broadcom Corporation, a global leader in semiconductors for wired and wireless communications, is acquiring Provigent, an Israeli company which develops system-on-a-chip products that enable wireless system vendors to deliver broadband wireless backhaul systems to network operators. DELL INAUGURATES ISRAELI R&D CENTER, DOUBLES WORKERS.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

We were talking about a company, Factual (disclosure my firm is an investor), which was founded by one of LA’s most talented Internet entrepreneurs, Gil Elbaz , who as co-founder of Applied Semantics (purchased by pre-IPO Google for $102 million and now Google AdSense) is responsible for a large portion of the Internet’s monetization.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

Im writing this post from an airplane headed to Washington DC, where Ill be presenting at the Government 2.0 Im especially curious to gauge the reaction of the civilian and military representatives of our government. Ive been in a few government-themed meetings recently, so I know some of the standard answers. Thanks guys!)

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Ben's Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

New York, California different toilet, same s#@t. 20 years ago, the technology adoption curve generally conformed to the following order: Government —specifically Defense and Intelligence organizations. The stunning reversal is one of many profound side effects of broad scale Internet adoption. Meet the new boss.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 15, 2016

Magdalena was a pioneer in the commercialization of the Internet, helping move it out of the government and university domains and in establishing the infrastructure for e-commerce and financial transaction platforms. We went and teamed up with a company called UUNET (one of the first Internet companies).

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Reid Hoffman

JULY 11, 2017

" In comparison, federal, state, and local government spend around $411 billion a year providing similar safety-net services. " And yet as statistics like the ones above suggest, even today’s most ambitious philanthropists are hard-pressed to match the resources the government has at its disposal. ."

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Steve Blank

APRIL 15, 2016

Magdalena was a pioneer in the commercialization of the Internet, helping move it out of the government and university domains and in establishing the infrastructure for e-commerce and financial transaction platforms. We went and teamed up with a company called UUNET (one of the first Internet companies).

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Seeing Both Sides

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

While Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg’s decision to drop out of Harvard and move to Silicon Valley was a plot point in in the movie “The Social Network,” it looked like a watershed event to many in the local technology community. And many of them view the local government as an irrelevant factor in their business.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2021

Are they drawn to Texas or moving away from California? Are they running from high prices, high taxes, dysfunctional government, and wildfires? All of the investors, all of the big companies, all of the government groups?—?they Texas exported more than California and New York combined in 2019. What’s bringing them here?

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Hunter Walker

AUGUST 19, 2019

The New York Times’ John Herrman recently asked “ Is there anything the rest of the internet can learn from LinkedIn? ,” in relation to how people there are relatively civil there compared to purely social media platforms. Hunter Walk: Wait, I thought LinkedIn was a resume and recruiting site. Where does it appear?

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Scalable Startup

MAY 29, 2012

A few things have happened recently to cause me to look a little closer at NY for the next amazing companies in Internet technology. You also need infrastructure and friendly government. Again, New York blows California away here. (3) First, a friend announced that they were moving their startup geo-lo based company from L.A.

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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

aka: An Open Letter to the Next Big Social Network) - 500 Hats , November 1, 2010 I've held off writing this post for a long time, because I couldn't quite get my head around all the issues. If network B has 20 users than it’s value is 400 (20*20). New York, California different toilet, same s#@t. same as the old boss.

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Austin Startup

JANUARY 10, 2019

5G is the latest iteration of cellular technology, engineered to exponentially increase the speed (up to 100 times current levels ) and responsiveness of wireless networks. It will also facilitate a massive increase in the amount of data transmitted over these networks. billion people are set to have access to 5G networks?—?a

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 14, 2019

Once you decide on your legal business structure, be sure to register with the government (typically your state and sometimes, your municipality) and the IRS. Whether you are working in New York, California, Texas, Illinois, or another state, you’re going to need to have the appropriate license for your real estate business.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 9, 2012

Like an accelerator or incubator program, NestGSV gives its resident startups office space, advice and lots of other amenities (even a beach volleyball court) at its Redwood City, California, campus near Silicon Valley. And even though they talk about the network, after three months all the startups get booted out of the facilities.”.

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Feld Thoughts

FEBRUARY 13, 2012

This is a key national conference held in Boulder at the intersection of technology and public policy with a particular focus on the Internet. This year’s conference subtitle was “ The Challenges of Internet Law and Governance.” We ended the day with a wonderful talk from Senator Mark Udall.

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abovethecrowd.com

JUNE 17, 2014

banking system is the Automated Clearing House network, broadly known as ACH. This supposedly “electronic” network enables people to transfer funds from one bank account to another. The pathetic thing is that this “electronic” network takes three earth days to settle. Perhaps the most ludicrous piece of the U.S.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 9, 2012

Like an accelerator or incubator program, NestGSV gives its resident startups office space, advice and lots of other amenities (even a beach volleyball court) at its Redwood City, California, campus near Silicon Valley. And even though they talk about the network, after three months all the startups get booted out of the facilities.”.

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 26, 2010

Patents are nice but… in a consumer Internet business, it’s most likely that you aren’t re-inventing the wheel. To name a few: FFF (Friends, Family and Fools), Angels and “super angels&# , venture capital funds, government grants, incubators, corporate venture capital funds and more. Patented Technology?

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 9, 2012

Like an accelerator or incubator program, NestGSV gives its resident startups office space, advice and lots of other amenities (even a beach volleyball court) at its Redwood City, California, campus near Silicon Valley. And even though they talk about the network, after three months all the startups get booted out of the facilities.”.

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The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 17, 2012

Box has announced the launch of Box Accelerator , a global data transfer network that pushes the speed, security and scale of the Box service for business and enterprise users for a faster and more streamlined service. One of his older partners said, “What if the US government allowed the Internet to be commercialised?”

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online.wsj.com

JULY 11, 2012

The Wall Street Journal is phasing out support of the Internet Explorer 6 (IE6) browser. Internet Explorer. In the 1990s Internet boom, easy money helped founders maintain more control early in a companys evolution, but founder CEOs without voting control often got replaced by a professional manager ahead of an IPO. My Journal.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 22, 2017

We work with non-profits, for-profits, US Government, and international organizations, to identify the underlying goals, the users needs and abilities, and put together an appropriate technology solution to meet the requirements. #7 – Translation of Sundiata. Image Credit: Siobhan Green. Thanks to Carey Balogh, Brand Groupies ! #11

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Up and Running

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

See Also: When Ice.com—a Top 500 Internet Retailer—Uses Mentors, You Should Too. We have learned a lot just from doing, networking, and talking to other farmers. Building good relationships and networking also go a long way to helping you pick up relevant skills, especially in the early days. It’s doable!

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Scalable Startup

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

And then medium-size businesses start to use it, and then large businesses start to use it, and then eventually the government starts to use it. And now all of a sudden you have got this global market of all these early adopters that have smartphones connected to the Internet, and they can just pick up their things and run with them.

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Hearpreneur

JUNE 14, 2015

Soon, we were getting referrals in states (outside of Phoenix, where I was at the time) and instead of telling those clients no (because I realized if I said no, they would find someone else) I flew to the different areas, reached out to my network and would hire and train sitters in those cities. 6) Lack of information in an industry.

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Up and Running

NOVEMBER 13, 2015

This is all the census information that the government collects every few years. What can these small businesses, anyone, anyone who’s running a main street small business, all the way up to the more high tech businesses, how can they use the internet? Jonathan: Here’s how you figure that out. Peter: Okay.

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Reid Hoffman

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

We know that you’re representing the board’s independent governance, and that if you’ve come to this point of view, that helps us get comfortable with making a quicker decision.”. Peter, Max, Luke Nosek , and I held an off-site at my grandparents’ house in Gualala, California, to figure this out.

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